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- Title
Factors affecting the adoption of telehealthcare in the United Kingdom: the policy context and the problem of evidence.
- Authors
May, C.; Mort, M.; Mair, F.; Williams, T.
- Abstract
The adoption of telehealthcare in the United Kingdom has been slow and fragmented. This paper presents a structural explanation for this by contrasting contending themes in recent UK health policy. It is argued that the conflict between trends towards modernization and demands for evidence-based practice have made it difficult for a major policy agency to emerge that can sponsor service development, and so proponents of telehealthcare have been forced to situate their work within the domain of R&D. This has led to a fragmented field of practice characterized by short-term and small-scale projects.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; TELEMEDICINE; HEALTH policy
- Publication
Health Informatics Journal, 2001, Vol 7, Issue 3/4, p131
- ISSN
1460-4582
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/146045820100700304